A quick note to share how much I enjoy your web site. OTR is one of my hobbies and I've joined your site, and one other, to collect and listen to old shows.

The $10 fee for a lifetime membership seems awfully low. I know of one other site that charges $17 for 3 months of access. Why don't you allow those of us who paid $10 to be "grandfathered in", and raise your joining fee to $20 or $30. It's still a bargain at that price.

I just don't want to see you close the site because expenses are exceeding revenues. You deserve to make money for the effort you're putting in. I believe you should also reduce the number of Free downloads people can get without paying. A reduction but preview of the episodes they could also get if they joined would be a good incentive to pay up and join.

Anyway, there's my 2 cents worth. Thanks again for doing such a great job with all the OTR offerings._________________I follow the St. Louis Cardinals.

A quick note to share how much I enjoy your web site. OTR is one of my hobbies and I've joined your site, and one other, to collect and listen to old shows.

The $10 fee for a lifetime membership seems awfully low. I know of one other site that charges $17 for 3 months of access. Why don't you allow those of us who paid $10 to be "grandfathered in", and raise your joining fee to $20 or $30. It's still a bargain at that price.

I just don't want to see you close the site because expenses are exceeding revenues. You deserve to make money for the effort you're putting in. I believe you should also reduce the number of Free downloads people can get without paying. A reduction but preview of the episodes they could also get if they joined would be a good incentive to pay up and join.

Anyway, there's my 2 cents worth. Thanks again for doing such a great job with all the OTR offerings.

Mike,

Thanks for your comments. I think a lot of people who enjoy OTR might be older folks. If they're retired they may be on a fixed income and can't afford high membership fees.

At this time the bandwidth usage is OK, even with the free shows. So far the donations are paying the hosting fees. Don't worry, I'm not going to shut down the site if the bandwidth usage gets too high.

The first thing that would have to go would be the amount of free shows on the home page. I feel obligated to make sure that everyone with a membership can download whatever they want.

Anyone who can't afford the 10 dollar donation can just ask for a free membership and get one. I didn't want to be like those other sites who charge a monthly fee. The donations are working out just fine. OTR is my hobby too and I enjoy working on the website just for the fun of it.